Al Qaeda, previously an insignificant presence in Iraq, is an important one now. Bush has said more than once that Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas are his favorite justices.
There is surely idealistic purpose in envisioning a Middle East finally relieved of its autocracies and dictatorships.
Nowhere has his solipsism been more damaging than in the case of Iraq. Now it is overstretched, a reality obvious to all. Some of the money that has been pumped into it has been leached from other education programs, dozens of which are slated for cuts next year.
Jobs, health care, education, and the rest may not count for much when weighed against the prospect of large-scale terrorist attack.
And for many voters the desire to see the damage arrested is reason enough to vote for John Kerry. The first two of these assumptions have been shown to be entirely baseless. Opium production has increased fortyfold.
But when his foes sought to destroy him rather than to debate him they found no scandals and no evidence of bad faith in his past. Bush of mismanaging the war in Iraq after a former top aide said the U. His record since then has been dictated, sometimes literally, by the industries affected. For now, as citizens, we hope for his victory. Patriot Act through a compliant Congress.
Since it is official policy not to deport terrorism suspects, it is unclear what legitimate anti-terror purpose these secret hearings serve.
Kerry accused President George W.
While Bush has pandered relentlessly to the narrowest urges of his base, Kerry has sought to appeal broadly to the American center.
His record since then has been dictated, sometimes literally, by the industries affected. His leadership, with John McCain, of the bipartisan effort to put to rest the toxic debate over Vietnam-era P. But this election is anything but ordinary.